Andrew McGregor with Mahan Esfahani and Natasha Loges
New recordings with Andrew McGregor, Building a Library on Verdi's La Traviata with Mahan Esfahani, and Natasha Loges reviews a new set of Beethoven Piano Sonatas from Igor Levit.
with Andrew McGregor.
09.30
Building a Library: Mahan Esfahani listens to and compares recordings of Verdi's opera La Traviata
The tale of the consumptive courtesan rescued from a life of reckless and meaningless pleasure by an idealistic and ardent lover is one of the most popular operas in the repertoire. Written by Verdi in the white heat of his middle period when he was creating one masterpiece after another and forging an ever closer relationship between music, text and drama, La Traviata has attracted some of the best sopranos who ever went into a recording studio.
10.50
Andrew McGregor talks to Natasha Loges about a new set of Beethoven Piano Sonatas from Igor Levit.
11.25
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Faux-bourdon Domine ad adjuvandum me (Vespro della beata Vergine (1610))
Ensemble: La Temp锚te. Conductor: Simon鈥怭ierre Bestion.- Alpha.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata et Domine ad adjuvandum me (Vespro della beata Vergine (1610))
Ensemble: La Temp锚te. Conductor: Simon鈥怭ierre Bestion.- Alpha.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958-960.
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Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 14, Hochl盲ndisches Wiegenlied
Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Camilla Tilling. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.- Sony.
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Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 15, Aus den hebr盲ischen Ges盲ngen
Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Camilla Tilling. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.- Sony.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in C major, RV 400 ii) Largo
Performer: Christophe Coin. Orchestra: L鈥橭nda Armonica.- 狈补茂惫别.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in C major, RV 400 iii) Allegro non molto
Performer: Christophe Coin. Orchestra: L鈥橭nda Armonica.- 狈补茂惫别.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 1 in C Minor
Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
脡tudes Pour Piano: No. 9 "Vertige"
Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, for chorus, 5 strings & Bc, BuxWV62
Ensemble: Ensemble Masques. Conductor: Olivier Fortin. Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier. -
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103, Egyptian - iii) Molto allegro
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.- Erato.
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Richard Wagner
G枚tterd盲mmerung, WWV 86D, Act II: Hoiho! Hoihohoho!
Choir: Bamberg Symphony Chorus. Choir: Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Valsts Akad膿miskais koris "Latvija". Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden. Singer: Eric Halfvarson.- Wagner: G枚tterd盲mmerung, WWV 86D.
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- 305.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' i) Allegro con brio
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' i) Adagio sostenuto
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 iv) Prestissimo
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 iii) Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux' i) Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony.
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan Op. 20
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Lawo.
Record Review
9.00am
Monteverdi: Vespro
La Temp锚te
Simon-Pierre Bestion (conductor)
Alpha ALPHA552 (2 CDs)
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Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas D958-960
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Pentatone PTC5186742 (2 CDs)
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Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Gerold Huber (piano)
Sony 19075945362
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Vivaldi: Concerti per Violoncello III
Christophe Coin (cello)
L'Onda Armonica
Na茂ve OP30574
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Mahan Esfahani on Verdi's La Traviata
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Reviewer: Mahan Esfahani
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Recommended Recording:
Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta)
Pl谩cido Domingo (Alfredo)
Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont)
Stefania Malag霉 (Flora)
Helena Jungwirth (Annina)
Walter Gullino (Gastone)
Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil)
Bayerischer Staatsoper
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
DG 4777115 (2 CDs)
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Other Recommended Recordings:
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Maria Callas (Violetta)
Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo)
Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio)
Silvana Zanolli (Flora)
Luisa Mandelli (Annina)
Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone)
Arturo La Porta (Baron Douphol)
Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d'Obigny)
Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
Warner Classics 9668582 (2 CDs 鈥� Live recording in mono)
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10.20am 鈥� Gramophone Awards Highlights
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Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital: Works by Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Ligeti and Prokofiev
Yuja Wang (piano)
DG 4836280
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Buxtehude: Abendmusiken 鈥� Cantatas and instrumental pieces by Dietrich Buxtehude including Gott, hilf mir BuxWV 34; Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, for chorus, 5 strings & Bc, BuxWV62 and Buxtehude: Sonata in B flat, BuxWV255
Vox Luminis
Ensemble Masques
Lionel Meunier (director)
Alpha ALPHA287
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Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 & pieces for solo piano
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Orchestre National de France
Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
Erato 9029563426
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Wagner: G枚tterd盲mmerung
Gun-Brit Barkmin (Br眉nnhilde)
Daniel Brenna (Siegfried)
Eric Halfvarson (Hagen)
Shenyang (Gunther)
Amanda Majeski (Gutrune)
Peter K谩lm谩n (Alberich)
Michelle DeYoung (Waltraute)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
Naxos 8660428-31 (4 CDs)
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10.45am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Natasha Loges on Igor Levit's complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas
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Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony 19075843182 (9 CDs)
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11.30am 鈥� Disc of the Week
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Don Juan & Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Louisa Tuck (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Lawo LWC1184
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